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Unpublished paper, 'On an experimental investigation of the thermodynamical properties of superheated steam by Professor Osborne Reynolds' method. Part I - On the law of flow of saturated steam through small orifices' by John H Grindley

Reference number: AP/75/1

Date: 1899

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Grindley presents experimental observations on the thermodynamical properties of superheated steam.

Annotations in pencil and ink throughout. Includes four diagrams in the text and five graphs.

Subject: Thermodynamics

Received 21 April 1899. Read 18 January 1900. Communicated by Osborne Reynolds.

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AP/75/1
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1899
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Ink and graphite pencil on paper
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31 pages
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John H Grindley

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John H Grindley, Unpublished paper, 'On an experimental investigation of the thermodynamical properties of superheated steam by Professor Osborne Reynolds' method. Part I - On the law of flow of saturated steam through small orifices' by John H Grindley, 1899, AP/75/1, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/ap_75_1/unpublished-paper-on-an-experimental-investigation-of-the-thermodynamical-properties-of-superheated-steam-by-professor-osborne-reynolds-method-part-i-on-the-law-of-flow-of-saturated-steam-through-small-orifices-by-john-h-grindley, accessed on 15 June 2025

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